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Fate Operates When People Give Up
“Fate operates when people give up” is something Jacques Ellul said once, I think in a book of interviews. I think about it a lot. Ellul doesn’t say a…
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Phil Christman
Guest Post By Mah Wiiife
Extremely long-running newsletter subscribers know that my wife, Ashley Lucas, is almost certainly the world’s leading expert on prison theatre — I…
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On Listening to a List of the Hundred Weirdest Records Ever Made
Some years ago I came across a list of the 50 weirdest records ever made, and immediately thought “Well, I’m going to have to go through that item by…
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A Glimpse Of Some Thinkpieces They'll Be Running In 2025
Some friends and I were just talking about the Hollywood writers’ strike. We are unanimously in favor of it and hope that it is unreasonably successful…
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Discursive Basilisks
I’ve talked before about my idea — more like a vague feeling — that some discourses are basilisks. Basically, there are some discourses that are so bad…
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40-45
I turned 45 on Monday. This morning, after casting about for over an hour trying to think of something to write about, I decided to look at what I wrote…
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On Solidarity Among Faculty
U of M’s bargaining team has announced that it “has bargained as far as it can”, which is rather hilarious if you know anything about what those…
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